Pick.



PATENTED FEB. 5, 1907.

W. THEDORF.

PICK,

APPLICATION FILED .'MAR.13.1906v 'm: NORRIS PETERS C04, WASHINGIGN, n.cy

UNITED STATES Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 5, 1907,

Application filed lilarcli 13, 1906 Serial lllo. 305,894.

To It 1077/0711, it m/wjl/ concern/.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM THEDORF, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of St. Vincent, Kittson county, State of lxlinnesota, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Picks; and my preferredmanner of carrying out tlie invention is set forth in tlie followingfull, clear, and exact description, terminating with a claimparticularly specifying the novelty.

Tli'lS invention relates to music, and more especially to the pickswhich are used in connection with banjos, guitars, and the like and tieobject of the same is to preouee a pick with Sllitll be serviceable fortil. is purpose, not injurious to the strings, and yet of su 11construction that it will keep ie player informed by the sense of toucnwiaat is being done.

To tnis end the invention consists of t e pick hereinafter described,and SiYOWll in the drawings, wllerein Figure 1 is a plan view of tlTGblank from WlFiCll this pick is formed. Fig. 2 is a side elevation ofthe finger with the pick in plaee tlaereon. Fig. 3 is a bottom view ofsair linger looking in the direction of t e arrow in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 isan end view of tile linger and pick.

In the drawings tlie letter T d signates lie skeet-metal blank fromwlriel t is pick is made, and A are the side arms of t l'e leao. of t isT, which are bent around tlie "linger, as seen in Fig. 2, so as to forma linger-embracing portion or tltimble. Tie aid; of tlie T consists of anarrow strip of metal wliose edges are approximately parallel a. 1

\ Wl'IOSG inner end is integral with said t him ble,

is such tlrat it leads from tlve tlzimble completely around tine end ofthe finger and nearly or quite to tie lingo-nail. Tire outer extremityor point P of tlte sliank S is bent outward away from the finger, as Wein Fig. 2, and is curved laterally or tra versely, as seen in Fig. 41,tize object of curvature being to pr vent tle presentation of any s. arpcorners o" The pick to tire string, over in: latter e pick movestransversely in tile act of playing ti'lG instrument, as will beunderstood.

In tle construction. of ti? is pick the slank S is stamped from sFeetmetal and made as narrow as p ssiblc C(msistent wi t ie rigidityrequired, purpose being to provide a narrow tongue depen ling from tieiinger clamp and carrying t me pick-poin proper, ti at w n tee s'l'ri ispicked it will be felt by tire n ger on eitner side of said slzan Iconsider tf'is an important detail in a construction of my device. Tl esize, s iiape and material of parts are not essential.

Vii" is claimed as iew isii pick for str instruments, ti-e same formedof a sing piece of sfieet metal comprisi g a tinge inbracing portion, ashank projecting to rom and consisting of a liar ow strip or metal withapproximately parallel edges and adapted to extend from said ling rbracing portion around t e end of no 1 ger and to embed itself in tilel'les .it..ereof, and a picking-point proper at the outer end of saidSllftilli bent outward tlerefrom and ronndcd transversely, the wiiolefor use snbsta i as described.

in testimony w 1 reunto sub scribed my signature 10th day of March, A.D. 1906.

Witnesses tinnisrornnn Tnnnonr,

EYILLIAM G. Deacon.

